[Spotlight Initiative] Kampala -- During the Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, leaders from governments, international organizations such as the United Nations and multilateral development banks, and civil society met to discuss pathways for ending gender-based violence (GBV) through the economic empowerment of women and girls. The high-level side event, 'Sustaining progress toward eliminating violence against women and girls through enhanced economic opportunity', took place at the Speke Resort